and sent out the Comesary M'^ Barker to fetch all sorts of proiiision w^'i was iu y^ Towne into tlie ifort for feare we should haue occasion for it, soe tliat haueing but eighteene howers time after I knew them to l>e an Enemy before they attackt us and being dismay^i at soe sudaine surprisall we were not capable to make more [defence] then [we did] I alsoe sent M"^ to go to the Luthern Dominie he
it but could not.
2'y. To the Second Ai'ticle I Auswere that the s^^ Gouernoi being Absent and the fibrt being soe Vncapable of defence I did in hopes of the Gouerni'^ Returne and the Couutrys Comeing in for my Better Assistance send on Board the s*^ Shipps M'" Tho Louelace M^' Sliarpe and M'" Carr to know upon w^ Ace* they came &o. Tliincking thereby to Stopp them one tide at Straton Iseland till further defence could be made against them, w^^ I did out of reall thought to delay their Comeing and not out of Treacherry ; And for my Innocency thereof I referr my selfe to their sayings that were sent wheatlier they thought or Knew I sent them upon any Treaclierons designe or noe.
3'y. To the third Article I Answere that the s*^ Louelace Sharpe and Carr being aboard and not returned a shoare before the s^ Shipps did com to an Anckor I did not fyre tliincking it was not usuall wlien Ambassadors were on Board soe to doe ; But that I should Comand upon paine of Death noe man to fyre, that I cannot well remember.